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coolbean

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then whats the point of the ()????

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coolbean

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like its not even like { a b c } in some forth dialects where that lets you define stack elements as local variables

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kopopp

kopopp

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@coolbean tradition
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coolbean

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@kopopp this is a forth inspired stack-based language, ( ) should only be used for stack-effect comments

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kopopp

kopopp

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@coolbean perhaps the documetation is slightly off and you can put a comment in there?

and they were just trying to make certain its known that its not usee for passing arguments
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wetsocks@translunar.academy

~♥ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 '𝟖𝟕 ♥~

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@coolbean in sh you have to write whatever() { } even though the () is completely useless other than saying “this is a function” (arguments to the function are ${1} ${2} ${3} and so on)

bash/ksh&co. let you do function whatever { } instead

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meeper@udongein.xyz

meeper

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@coolbean name( ) is heavily associated with functions so this notation makes it clear to the mind
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coolbean

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@wetsocks see thats what im telling yall. the dc programmable calculator is the real unix scripting utility, sh is just there for interactive use

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coolbean

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@meeper but this is a forth-like, literally every word is a function, even variables and numerics are technically functions that put specific values onto the stack

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icedquinn@blob.cat

iced quinn

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@coolbean to make it look like everything else i guess
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@icedquinn everything else except all the languages actually related to this

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